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Huntsville gazette., 1887-12-24
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE prize fight between Kilrain, of this
country, and Jem Smith, of England, fOr
the diamond belt and the championship Of
the world, took place in France on the
10Th. After 106 rounds had been fought
the contest was declared draw.
TWELVE inches Of snow fell at Richfield,
Kansas, on the 10Th.
FIVE men We're killed by the explosion Of
boiler at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th.
MRS. MARGARET RICHARDSON, widow OF
the late Edmund Richardson, died at New
Orleans on the 18th. Her remains were
deposited in the family vault at Jackson,
Miss.
GOLD assaying $500 per ton has been
discovered near Black Rock, Ark. 1t is
found in decomposed quartz.
The police Of Nashville, Tenn, have ar
rested shrewd negro who is wanted by
the government and by parties in Ohio,
Kentucky, Kansas, Mississippi and Ten
nessee, Tor swindling ignorant people out
of small sums Of money. He goes by the
names Of W. II. Washington, Dan Will
liams and Jim Douglass.
AT the quarterly meeting of the Phila-
delphia Hibernian Society, on the 18Th,
President Cleveland, William e. Glad
stone, Cows. Biggs, of Delaware; Beaver,
Of Pennsylvania; Fitzhugh Lee, OF Vir-
ginia, and Gordon, of Georgia, were
elected honorary members.
A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone passed over
Washita, Indian Territory, on the 18TH
The cyclone Travelled at tine rate of about
a mile minute. In an instant from the
time it struck the earth half of the houses
in Fort Washita were in ruins, houses and
dwellings being picked up and made into
kindlinG wood by the fury Of the wind.
EIGHTEEN inches Of snow fell at Read
ing, Penn, on the 18th.
MIR. d. j. RoSSER, a merchant of Cleve-
land, Miss, was accidentally killed on the
17th.
WICHITA, KAN, has lately been almost
flooded with counterfeit money, but all
efforts to unea.th the counterfeiters failed
until the 1Tth, when den was discovered
on an island in the Arkansas river, and a
large quantity of bogus dollars and other
coins were found together with dies and
other apparatus for making them.
AT PauPs Valley, l. T., two citizens be-
came involved in fight, and one of them
struck he other over the head with coal
oil lamp, bre aking the lamp and setting
fire TO the victims clothing. Before the
iames could be ext guished the unfor-
Gunata man was burned to death.
A NUMBER Of Washington City capital
lists have made large purchases Of timber
lands in Mississippi, which is said by COM
petent judges to be the finest timber State
in the Union,
Huntsville gazette., 1887-12-24
Entirely Too Previous.

Lady Patron-'I want to get some
good rat poison"
Druggist with embarrassmenD-
Really, you are in great haste, aren't
you?"
..Hastep / dom see it What do you
mean?"
We'll, you know you've only been
married TO your fourth husband two
months, and''-
"AadP"
For the sake of appearances yon
ought TO wait awhile. l am afraid you
will have to go elsewhere for it. -
Nebraska State Journal
Huntsville gazette., 1887-12-24
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

TX the night of the 18th the barn of
Jcln Becker, in Manor township, Lancas-
te County, Pa, was burned with all the
seasons crop and farm implements. Thir-
ty-iwo head of cattle, twenty five hogs,
i've mules and a horse were burned to
death. Loss, $4,000; insured for s., 400.
w the night of the 18Th, while crossing
tne Missouri river twenty miles below Bis
marck, OAK, family consisting of
IhaFies Whalen, wife and daughte were
drowned, They lost the road and the
team passed SO near large air-hoIe that
she ice broke and the animals and people
We're lost.
JOS KNIGHT, book-keeper of the Manu-
iacturers' National Bank at Philadelp phia,
- charged with stealing large amount
OF the banks funds.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Ihe SUGAR Duty.

The Baltimore merchants want the duty
on sugar repealed. They say in their Pc
ttion that "the removal OF no tax burden
will afford more beneficial relief or be re-
ceived with more satisfaction than the re-
peal Qfthe duty on sugar"
This petition is founded in selfishness.
The baltimore merchants probably dom t
oarB whether sugar is free or not, 80 far
as consumers are concerned. What they
are after is an increase OF business. The
Baltimore sugar re6neries went out OF
business when the polariscope went into
yuse to determine the duty due on sugar,
and they have remained ont. Merchants
of that city think that If sugar were free
their rerneries would oe operated again.
There is not much probability that this
or any other Congress will remove the
duty on sugar. 1t is almost wholly
revenue duty. The tax goes into the
Treasury, and not into the pockets of mo-
nopOlists as does the tax on steel rails
and many other articles.
The probabilities are that if the sugar
duty were removed the consumer
wouldn't get sugar much if any, cheaper.
An export tax would be placed upon it,
doubtless, by the countries exporting it,
equal to the import duty now imposed
upon 1t by this country. There YVES a
great clamOr for the removal Of the duty
on coffee when there was an import duty
on that article. Cheap coffee was de-
handed, but coffee was little if any
cheaper when the duty was abolished.
Brazil at once imposed an export duty
about equal to the duty which this coun-
try collected, and got the very revenue
which this country gave up. There are
other articles from which the duty ought
to be removed before the revenue articles
are disturbed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Prohibition in atlanta.

After reviewing the campaign which
| resulted in closing the saloons in Atlanta,
the Capitol asserts that the sale of liquor
did not cease. Dealers who had licenses
expiring from time to time until October,
1856, eleven months after the election,
continued to sell intoXicants without
hndrance. Even after that time the
traffic did not cease, because twenty-five
or more persons were allowed
to take out licenses and open
wine rooms. Not only is wine
sold at these places, but also beer
and whisky. In view of the facts, the
Capitol declares that prohibition in At
lanta is failure. The Capitol Is not OPP
posed to prohibition; on the contrary, it
has been from the beginning an earnest
advocate of it. 1t announces, however,
that it is opposed to "the gigantic fraud
denominated prohibition in Atlanta"
There seems to be no doubt that pro-
hibition in Atlanta has not
been the success the friends
of the measure hoped for and expected,
but it has not been altogether failure.
1t is nonsense to say that twenty-five
wine rooms, or even fifty can do as much
harm as one hundred saloons in which
liquor is openly sold. Besides, the tes-
timony of unprejudiced citizens of At
lanta is that closing the saloons
has decreased drinking, has caused
the loafer class to disappear,
and has improved the con-
dition OF the laboring classes. That
prohibition in Atlanta 10 not
complete success is due to
two causes; A defect in the local
option law and the failure of the Pro-
| hibitionists to follow up their victory by
boldly wlthstanding the attacks subse-
quently made upon them. Domestic
wine should never have been exempted
| from the operation of the law. That it
was is an almost fatal defect. The Pro-
hibitionists, after their victory, ought
not to have retired from the
field satisfied with what they had accom-
plished.
If prohibition in Atlanta is to be a sue
cess, the Prohibitionlsts, who have the
power, must see to it that the wine rooms
are taxed out Of existence. They must
also maintain their organization and be
ready to fight the Observation-Disclosures
whenever occasion requires. 1t rests
with the Prohibitlonists to enforce the
law, and in doing this they should yield
| nothing.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24

By James Clarence Hdraey.
| wonder if ever the angel OF death
Comes down from the great unknown,
And scars away on the wings of night,
UnbuTdened and alone;
| wonder II ever the angels eyes
Are fleet with glstcniug tears,
as they grant to the souls UNFIT for flight,
\ few more weary yesrs.
FOR il seems at time. when the world is still,
; nd the oft night Wtud, are whist,
Az though some SPIRIT were lowering near
In folds OF dream -iIt a. mist,
And feel, though mOrtais are nowhere near,
That am not quite alone,
And with gloomy thoughts of dying and
death
NY heart grows cold ne stone.
But whether tits death that hovers near
And knocks at the door OF my heart,
or whether It's some bright angel come
To be % my life Il part,
cannot tell. and long IN vain
The secret strange 10 tuQw,
While the moments Of birth. and grief and
pain .s
Move on IN their ceaseless flow.
And at night when kneel to a Higher Power
And ask His tender care.
one yearning cry cf 4 hayward life
Ia the Durlhen OF nv prayer:
That l may bend with willing lips.
10 kiss the Christening rod,
And learn The way through the golden gate
To the great white throne Of God.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Invitation to the Public.

The MORNING NEWS Printing House
EwIll be open to the public tomorrow
4Tuesday) night from s to 10 p. m. The
printing press will be running, and the
building will be lighted by the incandes-
gent electric light. There appears to be
"a very general desire to see how a news
paper Is made and to witness the electric
lights in operation. Many requests for
Ianother opportunity to visit the establish
hnent have been received from those who
were unable to be present when it was
opened to the public two weeks ago. 1t
is in compliance with these requests that
the building will be opened tomorrow
hight. The public is cordially invited to
he present. Care Will be taken to explain
THE working of the press, the stereotyping
process, the electric lights and other mat
tiers connected with the establishment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
A Nice. Quiet Family Game,
From the Ba6a1o Courier.


A veteran married man living on the east
side SAYS that cards came within an ace of
running his domestic happiness. Contrary TO
the orthodox method OF ruln6tiOn in this par
ticular line of vicee, he did not frequent
gam ling rooms. clubs, or saloons TO lind the
broad path, but stumbled into it right IN his
own house. He had taught his wife to play
poi err two or three winters ago, and frequent
Iy slnce then they had friendly little sessions,
using buttons for chips. The other night.
though, he brought home box of the genuine
nice stacks of whites, reds, and blues.
Now" he sand, I'm just show you how
poker is played among The boys. l never
could take any interest in it with them cussed
buttons, but this seems natural. Wen call II
Il dollar limit; whites nickel, reds a quar-
ter. blues Soc, and take IS worth each. Now
If you break me l'll buy you that seal muff."
The game proceeded without any material
change in the size OF the piles for nearly an
hour, when Mr.. Brown had three tens pat.
Mrs. b. took three CardS-palF of bullets all
the time-caught the third and beat him out
f$3. This was all right, except that Brown
remarked that he had never in his life seen a
poor PLAYER that didn't have all the luck.
Finally he lost the other 81.
"Gimme mother five and if l don't knock
you out in fifteen minutes by that clock FL
never turn another card, he said.
Mrs. Il. didn't answer; that Is. she didn't
say anything, but her looks SAID, That's all
right" The luck seemed to go Browns way
this time, and he pulled in quite a fey chips.
Mrs. Brown was dealing, third party,
Browns brother, was locker on at this
period, and of course it was Browns age.
"I'll come in" said Mrs. d.
"Oh, OF course you WILL said Brown =,
well then. put up another dollar and you
won't have SO many chips"
"Pl raise you a dollar, James," said his
spouse.
You will, will you? Dollar bctter'n you.'
Mrs. Brown just came in and drew two
cards. Brown thought he'd keep his, and
when his wife chipped without looking he
promptly raised the limit. After carefully
looking them over the lady thought she'd
raise it another dollar. THIS made Brown
fairly bound off the char, but he mad to call,
only to have a flush beaten by fan. lie
Quit there, and when his wife gigglcd said:
II don't see anything funny about it at all.
Anybody could play with the cards you get.
IfIHad them, you would have been broke two
hours ago.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
A Remarkable Case.

There are nine vessels in this district
waiting inspection, and there is no one
to inspect them because OF the failure
OF the Treasury Department to appoint
an Inspector of Hulls. The course OF the
department in the matter of the appoint
ment OF this petty officer is unequeled by
anything in even the very remarkable
methods by which the Republican party
manipulated such things during its con-
troll of affairs in the South, and is one of
the curious things Of Mr.. Cleveland's
administration. That reputable, COM
petent citizen who has passed an ex-
animation for the office IN question, in ac-
cordance with the special statutes pro-
Vided in such cases, and who is entitled
to the office by law, can be kept
out OF it because a Congressman in an.
other State has been promised the privi-
lege of naming the appointee, is disgrace
to the administration. 1t is small office,
but 1t is important enough, in view Of all
the facts, to be made an issue about even
with Cabinet officer. The Secretary of
the Treasury is expected TO support the
laws, but in the matter of the appointment
of the Inspector of Hulls tor this district,
he is clearly disregarding them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
BRIGHT BITS.
MANY man seeks girl for her pa value
YORksrs Statesman

MANY man seeks a girl for her pa value
YORbsFs Statesman
MONEY is the root of ali evil--and of an oc-
caslonal senatorship.- III OF O6yerosr.
know"
ITS eithaw faw his bwothaw aw his dawg.
One Of 'em died lawst week, but L WEAKLY
laWget which 1t Was.-I0lcn Topics.
EVERY lassie has her laddie
AWastin' coal at night;
But her bills give her old daddy
y most terrific fright.
s.. Louis Chronicle.
YoU>G Lady-YOu say you will grant me
any favor ask?
Aged Ma sher-Yes. dearest angel, I'll do
anything II the world YOU ask of me.
Then propose to my grandmother. She is i
widow. IecdS SitttHgs.
"FoREwARNED is forearmed, ;" said young
lady To her sister.
Then you must have been forewarncd last
evening. At least, you were fOur-armed.
Two arms o. your own ana two of CharleVs,D
was Tie cruel repI}.-DdH,ttHe III eeze.
MIsGNTERPRETED.-T aflington-How par
tCularly wei you look in that attitude, Miss
Grge,-a workable odansk.
Miss Grace-Ihank you, Mr.. darlington, but
! trust do not look 50 Old. N. B.-Sne was
thinking Of an obellsk. )-ChtcIgo Raal6ler.
AN exchange informs US that Mrs. Cleve-
land sits very quietly and demurely in
church" This viii be a genuine surprise to
those v no always supposed that the first
lady in the land" was in the habit of perform
ing Il trapeze act or playing hop-skip-and-
Jump when she entered the sanctuary
fOnkejS Statesman.
"GENTLEMEN," said a man in a street car,
who was hanging by Strap, there is a lady
who would Ike Is seat" silence ensues. ~
guess / was mistaken" remarked the man
"Why2' asked another, "strapper." doesn't
the lady want the seatYn Il guess she does !"
was the reply, "but IL seems that all the gen
tiemen are standing. PjttS6urg DisI,4tch.
LITTLE STUART ROBSON CRANE had been
spending several days with pions relatives.
who practlced saying grace at table, ON re-
turning home and being seated at he dinner
table, ne demurely folded his litJle hands,
bowed his head, and closed his eyes rever-
emily, awaiting the saying of grace, but,
conversation Immediately commencing
around the table, he looked up INTO his father )
face reproachfuly, demanding: ''Who is
dom to wead the plate?"-Ch!cago NeeOs.
QUITE RELIEF.-Grocer-Any been
in while l was Oat:
New Boy-Yes, a female shoplifter.
"Eh! Wha-what did you dor"
II tried to call the police, but she boxed nv
ears and told me I'd got to behave"
"Then what did you do?"
81 couldn't do nothing, an she empted the
money drawer in her pocket"
Great Jinks! Didn't she say anything
more?n
"Nothin', except she spected you was
drunk again"
con! that's all right. That's my wife. -
I0 WYy1y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
aNDEI TONEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MrEr1Nes-DeKalb Lodge No. 8,

MEETINGs-DeKalb Lodge No 9, /. o. o. f.
Georgia Tent No. ISL, l. o. of L.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-To Friends and the fuo-
bic Generally, Chas. F. Graham; steamer
Pope CatlIn for Doboy, Darien, Etc.
/ RAILROAD SCHEDCLE-East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia R'y.
PEANUTs--C. NJ. Gilbert Co.
HoTELs-st. Augustine Hotel. st. Angus
zine, Fla; The Magnolia, st. Augustine, Fla;
leon Hotel, Tallahassee, Fla,
AUCTION SALEs-Valuable Brick Property
fine Art sale, by c. H. Dorsett; Fine Horses'
Buggies and Harness, Mules. Sundries' Etc,
by J. Mclaughlin Son.
; LUMBER MILLs-Halifax River Lumber
mills, DaytOna, Fla.
| STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Ocean Steamship
Co; Baltimore steamers.
{ ROYAL BAKING POwDER-Its Purity and
Wholesomeness.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
caution, Miscellaneous.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Young Blood Needs No Wine.

from the Ch1cd0O Ne1CS.
The Temperance people throughout the
country will commend Mrs. Cleveland for not
Offering wine at the luncheon she gave 10
sixty young ladies Of Washington last Thurs
day. 1t has been the custom to serve several
kinds on such occasions. and this WAS the
first gathering OF any prelenslons this winter
where 1t was absent. The action Of the Wo-
mans Temperance Union of St. Louis
in reference to Mrs. " hitney's luncheon
to the Presdeat's bride was remembered by
all who went to the White House the other
dag, but those who know say that IL does not
make the slightest difference W tn Mrs. Clcvc-
land. who would not have served wine under
any circumstances. She does not drink II
herself and does not believe IL appropriate Ia
serve wine ai gatherings Of young ladies. A.
the Presidents wife sets the fashions, IL msy
be expected that her example will he followed
by the Official 'ociety Ut the capital, and il
certainly Will do no harm in the world al
large.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Boston High Culture.

FROM me HdsHsHgt0h tfRtc.
She was a Boston girl and was receiving on
New Years it'll a fr end in Washington.
"Ah, Miss W." said an aesthetic Lieutenant,
who han just been presented, you arc from
Boston, believe"
"Yes, that is my home"
"Delightful place, Boston. SO intellectual.
So classic. ! may say. Such eleTant people
such an air or refinement permeating every
environment. Nothing loud; moth ing coarse
nothing vulgar. Delightful, delightful
You bet your life 10 Is" she replied inno-
Gently; but, rs far rs I've got, think Wash
ington takes the cake"
When they got the Lieutenant out Of the
wreck he. slarted " make out an application
for Ornsi6n y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Always Hard to Satisfy.

From the 81. Louis Repu5licdn (Dsm.j
In order to protect New England fishing
TEN has loft OF New England commerce.
Senator Edmunds proposes that the President
shall be given authority to close United States
ports whenever and wherever II shall seem
ncce sary IN that interest. lie must have for
gotttn that New England asked something Of
tEis sort once before, got it, and dev loped
dissatisfaction with il that resulted in the
Hartford convention, held with the idea of
seeding from the Union.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24

1t is widely reported that tho Atlanta
Capitol has changed front on the liquor
question, and that 1t is now an out and
out anti-prohibition paper. This must be
a nistake-a sort Of IAN invention OF tue
enemy" The following paragrap b, it
seems, gave rise 10 the report; 1.-THE wine
rooms OF Atlanta are far worse than the
whisky shops. Prohibition as prohibit
ton may be, and we believe Is, a good
thing, but prohibition which allows the
sale OF domestic wine, sgaric, New Era
beer, and the Lord knows what, is agi-
gantic fraud. Give us prohibition Or
whisky straight" Only the man who
tas taken more agaric than is good for
DIN could torture anti-prohibition out of
ooa paragraph. Disgust, however, at the
reeted. prohibition law 10 eyadsd 10 very
~ IL
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
Seeking Truth.

Rev. MIR. Chase, the pastor<of the Uni
tartan Church at Chelmsford, Mass has
Instituted a course of lectures on the
topic, "Why am | a Member OF this or
that Denomination ?" Rabbi Solomon
SCHNEIDER, Of the Temple Adath Israel, in
Boston, was invited to represent Juda-
ism, and he accordingly, in an able ad-
dress, answered the question: "Why am
| a JewW POntius Plate was a wiser
man in his generation than the Rev. Mr..
Chase, in that when he unconsciouslv
suggested a similar course Of lectures to
the world for all time he named a topic
not for this, that or the other uenomlna-
ton, not Tor this or that school of the
ology, nor for This or that creed, but for
the whole universe, viz: "What is
TRUTH"
The lip OF the cynical Roman would
have curled with scOrn had the most
learned of the Jewish doctors Launched
out into dissertation to prove judaism
the embodiment of truth. The cold soph
istry of the Gentle would have met
with no better success, and the Panthe-
ism OF Rome was already nothing but q
religion OF law, a splendid mockery. But
when the lowly prisoner pointed to Him
self as the truth, a ray Of light penetrat-
ed the hard outer crust OF the cynic's
heart, exacting partial recognition in
the memorable words: 81 find no fault
with this just person."
Rabbi SCHNEIDER is undoubtedly a
learned man, n worthy successor OF the
Gamaliel at whose feet ST. Paul had sat.
His lecture was the same story that was
told between the pillars Of the
temple at Jerusalem eighteen-near-
ly nineteen hundred years ago,
when Christ Himself argued
with the doctors. In connection with
this subject the question will intrude,
what practical end is sought in series
OF lectures that, replete with learned lore
and metaphysical reasoning as they are,
after all affect the head rather than the
heart Christianity is distinctively re-
ligion of the heart. Applied Christianity
is what the world is asking tor to heal It's
moral Ills. The world is grooming under
the weight OF wrongs inflicted each upon
the other. Great encouragementis found,
however, in the reflection that our dark
ness is light compared with that OF the
time anterior to the Christian era. The
world is still inquiring. with Plate
"What is truth ?"
1t is more apt to be satisfied with the
actual, practical presentment of living
truth, however, than with the many sided
view of 1t afforded by the clashing denom-
nations. 81 am a jew" Gays Rabbi
SCHNEIDER, "because l was born jew"
That's it. Judaism is mis- Inheritance.
What more was there to say? What need
was there to say more?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24

Secretary Bayard's plain talk on the
fisheries question doesn't please either
Canada or England. Should trouble grow
out Of it, nobody in the United States
will object. The line must be drawn
somewhere. Spain murdered n citizen OF
the United States, and Mexico imprisoned
one and made two drunk; but these little
incidents were not considered sufficient
cause for plain talk. When, however, the
right OF citizens of the United States to
catch fish wherever they please Is denied,
or their property Is seized or oonfscated,
or otherwise interfered with, then not
only will there be plain talk, but il noces-
sary, there will also be little plain light
ing. For mere than twenty years, when
ever halted by the nations OF the world,
and ordered TO deliver money or life, the
United States has said; take my life,
but let my money alone"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24

Fran The chicago Ne,0s (Rep.)
the result OF the miserable party fracas in
the Indiana Legislature Is that one or two
men may be able TO 10 st upon the country a
United states Senator who y unworthy to sit
In a BOARD OF backWonds supervisors. The
notion that evenly divided parties insure good
government L. shown to be fallaciou5 when
ever Senatorial elections are had by parties
so evenly balanced that one or two men can
control the choice,